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Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution (2009)
TV Movie | Drama

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Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution (2009)

TV Movie | Drama

In 1794, French revolutionary Maximilien Robespierre produced the world's first defense of "state terror" - claiming that the road to virtue lay through political violence. This film combines drama, archive and documentary interviews to ...See moreIn 1794, French revolutionary Maximilien Robespierre produced the world's first defense of "state terror" - claiming that the road to virtue lay through political violence. This film combines drama, archive and documentary interviews to examine Robespierre's year in charge of the Committee Of Public Safety - the powerful state machine at the heart of Revolutionary France. Contesting Robespierre's legacy is Slavoj Zizek, who argues that terror in the cause of virtue is justifiable, and Simon Schama, who believes the road from Robespierre ran straight to the gulag and the 20th-century concentration camp. The drama, based on original sources, follows the life-and-death politics of the Committee during "Year Two" of the new Republic. It was a year which gave birth to key features of modern age: the thought crime; the belief that calculated acts of violence can perfect humanity; the notion that the interests of "mankind" can be placed above those of "man"; the use of policemen to enforce morals; and the use of denunciation as a political tool. Written by Steve Lawton See less

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15 cast members

Name	Known for
Stephen Hogan Maximillian Robespierre Maximillian Robespierre See fewer	The Foreigner (I) (2017)
Vasile Albinet Actor Actor See fewer	The Cave (2005)
David Andress Self - Author 'The Terror' Self - Author 'The Terror' See fewer	Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution (2009)
Martin Hancock Collot Collot See fewer	Chasing Liberty (2004)
Colin Jones Self - Author 'The Great Nation' Self - Author 'The Great Nation' See fewer	Ultimate Rush (2011)
Marisa Linton Self - Author - 'The Politics of Virtue' Self - Author - 'The Politics of Virtue' See fewer	Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution (2009)
George Maguire St Just St Just See fewer	Billy Elliot (2014)
Hilary Mantel Self - Author - 'A Place of Greater Safety' Self - Author - 'A Place of Greater Safety' See fewer	Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light (2024)
Jan Pearson Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Doctors (2000)
Brian Pettifer Couthon Couthon See fewer	Amadeus (1984)
Jonny Phillips Carnot (as 'Jonny Phillips') Carnot (as 'Jonny Phillips') See fewer	Titanic (1997)
Simon Schama Self - Author - 'Citizens' Self - Author - 'Citizens' See fewer	A History of Britain (2000)
Ruth Scurr Self - Author 'Fatal Purity' Self - Author 'Fatal Purity' See fewer	Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution (2009)
Ed Stoppard Herault Herault See fewer	The Pianist (2002)
Slavoj Zizek Self - Author - 'In Defence of Lost Causes' Self - Author - 'In Defence of Lost Causes' See fewer	Bliss (I) (2021)